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A retrospective of the Amistad

In this March 25, 2010 file photo, the U.S.-flagged vessel Amistad nears the port of Havana. The Connecticut schooner Amistad, a replica of the infamous Cuban slave ship, the subject of a 1997 Steven Spielberg movie, arrived in Cuba for a 10-day visit.

In this Dec. 6, 1999, Day file photo, workers swarm over the Amistad at the Mystic Seaport Shipyard. Construction of the ship as at full speed to make the March 2000 launch date.

In this April 30, 2009, Day file photo, the Amistad, right, sits in the Mystic Seaport shipyard next to the Charles W. Morgan after being hauled out of the water. The hull of the Amistad is being washed and repaired after its trans-Atlantic voyage to Africa.

In this March 25, 2000, Day file photo, spectators fill the shipyard at the Mystic Seaport to watch the launch of the Schooner Amistad.

In this May 20, 2010, Day file photo, the Freedom Schooner Amistad makes its way up the Thames River to the New London waterfront marking the end of the historic recreation of the Amistad's 1839 voyage from Havana.

In this June 11, 2008, Day file photo, Bryan Delpech, left, 23, of Miami, FL and Jeremy Dann, 20, of West Haven, Conn.,crew members aboard the Freedom Schooner Amistad, tar the rig under the bowsprit, docked at Mystic Seaport, in Mystic. The ship was undergoing routine maintenance.

In this March 25, 2010 Day file photo, the Amistad fills the archways of the Havana harbor cruise terminal as the crew of the Amistad is welcomed to Havana, Cuba.

In this March 25, 2010, Day file photo, the crew of the Amistad raises the staysail as the schooner sails from Matanzas to Havana, Cuba.

In this March 25, 2010, AP file photo, the U.S.-flagged vessel Amistad nears the port of Havana as it passes next to the Morro castle. The Connecticut schooner Amistad, a replica of the infamous Cuban slave ship, the subject of a 1997 Steven Spielberg movie, arrived in Cuba for a 10-day visit.